An RFID tag includes an inlay and a tube member having elasticity and having the inlay housed therein from one end portion to another end portion in a longitudinal direction of the inlay, the inlay having a long shape and having: a semiconductor element; a substrate with an antenna pattern formed to be connected to the semiconductor element; and a protective member to protect both surfaces of the substrate in a thickness direction. The inlay has a size formed to be smaller than an inner diameter of the tube member, the size being in a lateral direction of the inlay, and has an engagement portion formed at the other end portion of the inlay in the longitudinal direction, the engagement portion having been extended in the lateral direction of the inlay and engaging with an inner surface of the tube member.
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BANKNOTE HANDLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BANKNOTE HANDLING DEVICE
The present invention provides a banknote handling device and method for controlling a banknote handling device with improved convenience. An LED drive circuit (13) includes FETs (133 and 134) respectively connected to LEDs (131 and 132). A determination circuit (14) generates a detection result signal indicating whether or not the light source drive circuit (13) is faulty according to the switching of each of the FETs (133 and 134). An MPU (11) controls the switching of each of the FETs (133 and 134), acquires the detection result signal generated by the determination circuit (14), detects a fault in the light source drive circuit (13), and issues a notification of the detection result.
In a cash processing machine, a first sensor outputs a first detection signal when a front door is opened, a second sensor outputs a second detection signal when an electromagnetic lock is unlocked, and a third sensor outputs a third detection signal when the degree of impact applied to a housing is equal to or greater than a threshold value. A timer starts measuring time from a point of time when reception of the first detection signal is started, and finishes measuring time at a point of time when reception of the second detection signal is finished. A processor outputs an alarm signal, based on a reception state of each detection signal of the first detection signal, the second detection signal, the third detection signal, and measured time of the timer.
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BANKNOTE CONVEYING APPARATUS, BANKNOTE CONVEYING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION PROCESSING COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
A banknote conveying apparatus includes, a conveyance controller that performs a conveying process of sequentially conveying a plurality of banknotes on a conveyance path, a plurality of sensors that detect the conveyed banknotes, and a processor coupled to a memory and configured to, generate a log in which past operation information including a detection result by the sensor is recorded, calculate an abnormality tendency threshold of a conveying speed for conveying a banknote between the sensors based on detection results of the sensors for the plurality of conveyed banknotes included in the log, and calculate a first conveying speed of a specific banknote between the sensors based on the log and determine presence or absence of an abnormality sign in conveyance of the specific banknote between the sensors based on whether the first conveying speed is included in a range indicated by the abnormality tendency threshold.
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PSEUDO-VASCULAR PATTERN GENERATOR AND PSEUDO-VASCULAR PATTERN GENERATING METHOD
In a pseudo-vascular pattern generator, a processor is configured: to generate a first random number based on a first random seed and to generate a second random number based on a second random seed that is different from the first random seed; to generate a first image by adding first noise that is based on the first random number to a gray image; to generate a second image by adding second noise that is based on the second random number to the gray image; to generate a third image by combining the first image and the second image; and to generate a pseudo-vascular pattern image that is an image including a pseudo-vascular pattern by using the third image.
Provided is a pseudo blood vessel pattern generation device 10, wherein a processor 11 generates a first random number on the basis of a first random seed, generates a second random number on the basis of a second random seed different from the first random seed, adds first noise based on the first random number to a gray image to thereby generate a first image, adds second noise based on the second random number to the gray image to thereby generate a second image, synthesizes the first and second images to thereby generate a third image, and generates a pseudo blood vessel pattern image by using the third image. The first random seed is associated with a management ID, and the second random seed is associated with a personal ID. The processor 11 generates the third image by combining the first image and the second image, both of which are based on a normal distribution, and sets the weight of the normal distribution when generating the third image. The processor generates a plurality of clusters, each of which is defined by a combination of the management ID and the weight, the plurality of clusters each including a plurality of pseudo blood vessel pattern images generated under a plurality of mutually different personal IDs.
A foreign matter removal device (1) comprises: a conveyance path (10) that conveys paper sheets (B) in a conveyance direction (E); a foreign matter removal part (20) that is provided above the conveyance path (10) and comes into contact with foreign matter (F) mixed in the paper sheets (B), thereby removing the foreign matter (F); and a pressing member (33) that presses the paper sheets (B) conveyed by the conveyance path (10) and thereby brings the paper sheets (B) into contact with the foreign matter removal part (20).
A paper sheet handling apparatus includes a conveyance path configured to convey a paper sheet and a wind-up drum around which a paper sheet is winded, and includes an accommodating section configured to accommodate a paper sheet conveyed by the conveyance path, by winding the paper sheet around the wind-up drum, a drive mechanism configured to drive the conveyance path, and a controller configured to control the drive mechanism. The conveyance path includes an arc-shaped pathway on which the conveyance path is curved along a conveyance direction of a paper sheet. The controller corrects a curl generated in the paper sheet by the wind-up drum, by curving the paper sheet in a direction opposite to the curl, by controlling the drive mechanism to feed a paper sheet discharged from the accommodating section, to the arc-shaped pathway, and reciprocate the paper sheet along the arc-shaped pathway.
A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a conveyance path on which a bundle of paper sheets is conveyed; and a detector including a plurality of ultrasonic wave sensors, which is arranged on the conveyance path, and detecting presence or absence of a foreign substance, which is mixed in the bundle of paper sheets by the plurality of ultrasonic wave sensors. The detector causes the plurality of ultrasonic wave sensors to respectively irradiate, with ultrasonic waves, a plurality of positions on a paper surface of the bundle of paper sheets, which is conveyed along the conveyance path, and detects the presence or absence of the foreign substance based on reflected waves of the ultrasonic waves from the plurality of positions.
A paper sheet handling apparatus includes an upstream sensor and a downstream sensor arranged on an upstream side and a downstream side of the conveyance path respectively, and detect the paper sheet, and a controller that controls the drive mechanism based on detection results of the upstream sensor and the downstream sensor. In a case where the upstream sensor detects the paper sheet conveyed and then the paper sheet is not detected by the downstream sensor, the controller controls the drive mechanism to drive the conveyance path in a reverse direction opposite to the conveyance direction and to drive the conveyance path in the conveyance direction after the upstream sensor detects the paper sheet again, and the controller determines that a conveyance abnormality, which has occurred in a conveyance section between the upstream sensor and the downstream sensor, has been resolved when the downstream sensor detects the paper sheet.
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BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM
In the present invention, a prediction unit predicts a stop position at which a body part of a subject of authentication stops, the body part moving toward an imaging device, on the basis of a plurality of images obtained by capturing the body part by means of the imaging device in a ranging mode. A control unit switches the photographing mode of the imaging device from the ranging mode to an authentication mode before the body part stops at the stop position. An authentication unit performs biometric authentication on the subject of authentication by using images of the body part captured by means of the imaging device in the authentication mode.
In a bill handling device (1), a processor (51) determines whether a light reception amount in a light receiver (61R) is at a first light reception level or a second light reception level which is smaller than the first light reception level. Upon detecting that the light reception amount has decreased from the first light reception level to the second light reception level and that, after the detection of the light reception amount having decreased to the second light reception level, the light reception amount has returned from the second light reception level to the first light reception level, the processor (51) increases the count of the number of bills (BI) being conveyed on a conveyance path (Pa, Pb, Pc, Pd) by one and determines that the light reception amount is at the second light reception level, treating the detection of the light reception amount to be invalid for a predetermined time from a first time point at which the light reception amount decreased from the first light reception level to the second light reception level. The processor (51) enables the detection of the light reception amount at a second time point after the elapse of the predetermined time from the first time point.
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BILL HANDLING DEVICE, FOREIGN MATTER DETECTION METHOD, AND FOREIGN MATTER DETECTION PROGRAM
Provided is a bill handling device, a foreign matter detection method, and a foreign matter detection program for improving the accuracy of foreign matter detection. A light source (103) emits light onto a bill (B). A camera (105) captures a surface image of the bill (B) on the basis of reflection of the light emitted from the light source (103). A data conversion unit converts the surface image captured by the camera (105) into gradation data. A measurement unit (121) measures a thickness of the bill (B). A determination region specifying unit specifies a determination region including regions having different thicknesses in the bill (B) on the basis of a measurement result from the measurement unit (121). A foreign matter detection unit detects foreign matter by comparing the gradation data for the determination region in the bill (B) with gradation data for a determination region in a reference bill.
This raft management system includes two positional information transmission devices provided to each of a plurality of rafts, and a raft management device. Each of the positional information transmission devices comprises: a position acquisition unit that acquires the position of the positional information transmission device; and a communication unit that transmits, to the raft management device, positional information including said position and a device identifier of the positional information transmission device. The raft management device comprises: a communication unit that receives the positional information; a storage unit that stores raft information in which raft identifiers of the plurality of rafts are associated with device identifiers of the two positional information transmission devices provided to each of the plurality of rafts; and a raft position identification unit that identifies the position of the raft on the basis of the raft information and the positional information transmitted from each of the two positional information transmission devices provided to the raft.
Provided are a maintenance work assistance device, a maintenance work assistance method, and a maintenance work assistance program that improve operation efficiency. An information collection unit (12) collects operation information of a bill processing device (20). A feature amount calculation unit (13) classifies the operation information collected by the information collection unit (12) and calculates a feature amount that follows a normal distribution. An inference unit (14) inputs the feature amount calculated by the feature amount calculation unit (13) into a machine learning model (16) and performs an anomaly determination for the bill processing device (20).
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In a banknote handling device (1), a memory (12) of a thickness sensor module (10) stores a plurality of pieces of reference data indicating association between a detection value of a thickness sensor (11) and a measurement value of the thickness of a banknote. A processor (21) of a control board (20) reads the plurality of pieces of reference data stored in the memory (12) from the memory (12), creates a conversion table for converting the detection value into the measurement value on the basis of the read plurality of pieces of reference data, and writes the created conversion table into the memory (12).
This banknote storage device is provided with: a first roller core that is cylindrical in shape and onto an outer peripheral surface of which banknotes are rolled; a second roller core that is cylindrical in shape and onto an outer peripheral surface of which banknotes are rolled; a first conveyance path through which banknotes are conveyed; a second conveyance path through which banknotes are conveyed between one end section of the first conveyance path and the first roller core; a third conveyance path through which banknotes are conveyed between the one end section of the first conveyance path and the second roller core; and a control unit that causes an elimination action to be performed in which the banknotes rolled onto the first roller core are inverted front-to-back to eliminate rolling curl. The elimination action is an action in which the banknotes rolled onto the first roller core are passed through the second conveyance path and the third conveyance path and rolled onto the second roller core, the banknotes rolled onto the second roller core are passed through the third conveyance path and made to be received by the first conveyance path, and the banknotes that have been received by the first conveyance path are passed through the second conveyance path and rolled onto the first roller core.
A coin handling apparatus includes a coin receiver having a coin receiving port capable of collectively receiving a plurality of coins, a rotating plate disposed in the coin receiver and rotating to scoop up a coin in the coin receiver, a sorting plate provided with a coin hole having a size that makes it possible for a coin of a maximum size scooped up by the rotating plate to pass therethrough, and a large foreign object hole located on a downstream side of the coin hole in a rotation direction of the rotating plate and larger than the coin of the maximum size, a receiving passage connected to the coin hole of the sorting plate, and a discharge passage connected to the large foreign object hole of the sorting plate.
A cash handling device (1) has the following sections: a banknote storage container that stores banknotes; a logical stored quantity increase/decrease calculation section (103) that calculates a first increase/decrease value on the basis of information about the input/output of banknotes to/from the banknote storage container; a physical stored quantity increase/decrease calculation section (102) that calculates a second increase/decrease value on the basis of a physical quantity that varies according to the number of banknotes stored in the banknote storage container; and a detection section (104) that detects the possibility of loss of banknotes on the basis of the first increase/decrease value calculated by the logical stored quantity increase/decrease calculation section (103) and the second increase/decrease value calculated by the physical stored quantity increase/decrease calculation section (102).
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A data conversion device includes a processor configured to acquire image data output from a first line sensor, and convert pixel values included in the image data output from the first line sensor, in accordance with correspondence relation data in which a correspondence relation of pixel values is set based on a sensitivity difference for a spectral characteristic between the first line sensor and a second line sensor that is different from the first line sensor.
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a paper sheet storage device includes a holding member that includes a loading region into which a paper sheet is loaded; a storing member that is disposed adjacent to the holding member and that is used to store the paper sheet; a carrier unit that, in a state in which at least a single pair of carrier belts is abutting against both sides of the paper sheet, carries the paper sheet into the loading region; and a pressing mechanism that presses the paper sheet, which has been carried into the loading region, inside the storing member. In the paper sheet storage device, at the time of pressing of the paper sheet by the pressing mechanism, the carrier unit releases the abutment of one of the carrier belts with respect to the paper sheet.
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BANKNOTE IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND BANKNOTE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
A banknote image processing device of the present disclosure includes a storage unit and a processor, the storage unit stores an image of a normal banknote therein, and the processor performs pseudo-damage processing that imitates damage caused on the normal banknote, on the image.
A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a drawable drawer module; a cross conveyor configured to convey, between the cross conveyor and the drawer module, a paper sheet in a cross direction crossing a pull-out direction of the drawer module; and a biasing guide disposed at an end portion of the cross conveyor on a side of the drawer module and configured to bias the drawer module in the cross direction.
A communication method includes performing authentication through data communication encrypted by a first encryption scheme by a first processor installed outside a storage box in an automatic teller machine and a second processor installed in the storage box, and transmitting an instruction to the second processor through data communication encrypted by a second encryption scheme, in a case where the authentication has been performed normally by the first processor.
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An RFID tag (1) comprises: an inlay (5) which is oblong and which includes a semiconductor element (7), a substrate (8) on which is formed an antenna pattern (9) that is connected to the semiconductor element (7), and a protective member that protects both surfaces of the substrate (8) in the thickness direction (Z direction); and a tube member (6) which is elastic and in which the inlay (5) is accommodated from one end (5A) to the other end (5B) in the longitudinal direction (Y direction) of the inlay (5). The inlay (5) is formed such that the size of the inlay (5) in the width direction (X direction) is smaller than the inner diameter of the tube member (6). An engaging part (12), extending in the width direction (X direction) of the inlay (5) and engaging with the inner surface (11) of the tube member (6), is formed at the other end (5B) in the longitudinal direction (Y direction) of the inlay (5).
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A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a first stopper that is in contact with a first partition at a lower limit position of the first partition; and a pressing portion that is fixed to a second partition and raises and lowers the first partition integrally with the second partition using a frictional force generated by pressing a guide. The second partition descends integrally with the first partition, and after the first partition comes into contact with the first stopper, the second partition descends independently of the first partition against the frictional force to a position where the pressing portion faces the recessed portion that cancels the frictional force. The second partition, when ascending from the position where the pressing portion faces the recessed portion to a position where the pressing portion no longer faces the recessed portion, ascends integrally with the first partition due to the frictional force.
A guide mechanism including a guide that regulates a position of a paper sheet stacked includes a power transmitter that moves the guide to three or more positions by means of power obtained from a separate mechanism, which is different from the guide mechanism, and a switching drive that switches the power transmitter between a transmission state in which the power of the separate mechanism is transmitted to the guide and a non-transmission state in which the power of the separate mechanism is not transmitted.
A degradation judgement system includes a field repair unit that is provided in a banknote handling apparatus, a vibration detection sensor, a judgement unit, and a notification unit, wherein the field repair unit includes a rubber part, the vibration detection sensor measures vibration data by detecting vibration of the field repair unit, the judgement unit judges a degree of deterioration of the rubber part included in the field repair unit based on a peak of a vibration amplitude that is obtained from the vibration data and based on a root mean square of the vibration amplitude, and the notification unit gives a notification of the judged degree of deterioration.
In a pseudo vascular pattern generation device 10, a processor 11 generates a first image in which white noise has been added to a gray image, generates a second image in which the white noise included in the first image has been diffused, generates a third image in which a blood vessel enhancement filter has been applied to the second image, generates a fourth image in which a region of interest has been set to the third image, and generates a fifth image including the pseudo vascular pattern based on the fourth image.
A paper sheet handling device (100) comprises: a first opposing portion (10) and a second opposing portion (20) that are arranged so as to be opposite to each other across an insertion space (S) into which a paper sheet (B) is inserted; and a conveyor portion (40) that conveys the paper sheet (B) that has been inserted into the insertion space (S), in a state of protruding from an opening (12) of the first opposing portion (10) toward the insertion space (S) side, wherein the first opposing portion (10) has a first shutter (14) that covers a first opening region (12a) out of the opening (12) in an openable manner, and a second shutter (15) that covers a second opening region (12b)that differs from the first opening region (12a) out of the opening (12) in an openable manner, the first shutter (14) and the second shutter (15) being arranged so as to overlap each other in a state of opening the opening (12).
A transport control unit (101) performs transport processing for successively transporting a plurality of banknotes on a transport path. A plurality of sensors (200) are provided on the transport path and sense the transported banknotes. A log generation unit (102) generates a log in which past operation information including a sensing result by the sensors (200) is recorded. On the basis of the sensing result that is provided by the sensors (200) in relation to the plurality of transported banknotes and that is included in the log, a threshold calculation unit (103) calculates an abnormality tendency threshold for the transport speed of the transport of the banknotes between the sensors (200). An operation determination processing unit (104) calculates the first transport speed of a specific banknote between the sensors (200) on the basis of the log, and determines whether there is a sign of an abnormality in the transport of the specific banknote between the sensors in accordance with whether the first transport speed lies within a range indicated by the abnormality tendency threshold. A report unit (106) provides a report regarding the determination result by the operation determination processing unit (104).
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In a cash-processing machine (10), a first sensor (SA) outputs a first detection signal when a front door is open, a second sensor (SB) outputs a second detection signal when an electromagnetic lock is unlocked, a third sensor (SC) outputs a third detection signal when the degree of impact given to a housing is at least a threshold, a fourth sensor (SD) outputs a fourth detection signal when a cash-recycling unit is pulled out of the housing, a fifth sensor (SE) outputs a fifth detection signal when a cash collection cassette is pulled out of the cash-recycling unit, a timer (103) starts measuring of time from the time of start of reception of the first detection signal and ends measuring of time at the time of end of reception of the second detection signal, and a processor (101) outputs an alarm signal on the basis of the time measured by the timer (103) and the reception state of each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth detection signals.
A cash processing unit (106) executes a cash transaction. A list retention section (101) retains a serial number list of a cash-storing cassette that has been produced by duplicating a genuine article. A collation section (103) acquires a first serial number of each of one or more installed cassettes (20) and detects unauthorized use of the cassette (20) by collating the acquired first serial number and a second serial number registered in the serial number list with each other. A transaction processing section (102) stops the cash transaction by the cash processing unit (106) when unauthorized use of the cassette (20) is detected by the collation section (103).
A pseudo blood vessel pattern generation device (10), wherein a processor (11) generates a first random number on the basis of a first random seed, generates a second random number on the basis of a second random seed that is different from the first random seed, adds first noise based on the first random number to a gray image to thereby generate a first image, adds second noise based on the second random number to a gray image to thereby generate a second image, synthesizes the first and second images to thereby generate a third image, and generates, using the third image, a pseudo blood vessel pattern image that includes a pseudo blood vessel pattern.
A paper sheet handling device comprising: a conveyance path on which a bundle (2A) of paper sheets is conveyed; and a detection unit (7) which has a plurality of ultrasonic sensors (21-1, 21-2, 21-3) disposed on the conveyance path and which uses the plurality of ultrasonic sensors (21-1, 21-2, 21-3) to detect the presence or absence of foreign matter (3) that has been mixed into the bundle (2A) of paper sheets. The detection unit (7) emits ultrasonic waves from the plurality of ultrasonic sensors (21-1, 21-2, 21-3) toward a plurality of positions (P1, P2, P3), respectively, on the paper surface (2s) of the bundle (2A) of paper sheets conveyed along the conveyance path and detects the presence or absence of the foreign matter (3) on the basis of reflected waves of the ultrasonic waves from the plurality of positions (P1, P2, P3).
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PAPER SHEET HANDLING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PAPER SHEET HANDLING DEVICE
This paper sheet handling device has a conveyance path for conveying paper sheets and a winding drum on which a paper sheet is wound, and is provided with: a storage section that stores a paper sheet conveyed by the conveyance path, by winding the paper sheet on the winding drum; a drive mechanism that drives the conveyance path; and a control unit that controls the drive mechanism. The conveyance path has an arc-shaped path formed by curving the conveyance path along the conveyance direction of paper sheets. The control unit transfers the paper sheet discharged from the storage section to the arc-shaped path and controls the drive mechanism to move this paper sheet back and forth along the arc-shaped path so as to curve the paper sheet in the direction opposite from the direction of the curling of the paper sheet resulting from the paper sheet being wound on the winding drum, thereby undoing the curling.
This paper sheet handling device comprises: a conveyance path through which paper sheets are conveyed; a drive mechanism for driving the conveyance path; upstream and downstream sensors that are arranged on the upstream and downstream sides of the conveyance path in the conveying direction of the paper sheets and that detect the paper sheets; and a control unit that controls the drive mechanism on the basis of the detection results of the upstream and downstream sensors. The control unit: controls, when the downstream sensor does not detect a paper sheet after the upstream sensor has detected the paper sheet conveyed in the conveying direction, the drive mechanism to drive the conveyance path in a direction reverse to the conveying direction and to drive the conveyance path in the conveying direction after the upstream sensor has detected the paper sheet again; and determines that, when the downstream sensor has detected the paper sheet, the conveyance abnormality that occurred in a conveyance section between the upstream sensor and the downstream sensor has been resolved.
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An RFID tag includes a sheet-like substrate, an IC chip disposed on a first face of the substrate, a conductive adhesive that is positioned around the IC chip along the first face and fixes the IC chip to the substrate, an antenna pattern formed on a second face, of the substrate, that is opposite to the first face, and a through hole that penetrates the substrate toward the conductive adhesive around the IC chip and electrically connects the antenna pattern with the IC chip.
An imaging apparatus includes a light irradiating unit that irradiates light to a living body, a ranging unit that measures a distance to the living body, a plurality of lenses having respectively different focal lengths at which an image of a living body to which the light is irradiated is formed, an imaging device that generates a plurality of living body images that are images of the living body by respectively capturing an image of the living body through the lenses, and an image selecting unit that selects one out of the living body images based on the measured distance to the living body.
In a bill handling apparatus 1, a vibration detection sensor 51A to 51H detects a vibration of a field repair unit 3, 4, 6, 7a to 7d, 8, and a determining unit 52 determines whether there is a failure in the field repair unit 3, 4, 6, 7a to 7d, 8 based on the vibration detected by the vibration detection sensor 51A to 51H. For example, the determining unit 52 subjects the vibration detected by the vibration detection sensor 51A to 51H to frequency analysis, and determines that a failure has occurred in the field repair unit 3, 4, 6, 7a to 7d, 8 when a frequency of a frequency component having a maximum amplitude level in an analysis result of the frequency analysis is lower than a reference value.
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DATA CONVERSION DEVICE, DATA CONVERSION METHOD, AND DATA CONVERSION PROGRAM
In the present invention, a data conversion device comprises: an acquisition unit for acquiring image data outputted by a first line sensor; and a conversion unit for converting pixel values included in the image data outputted by the first line sensor according to correlation data, in which the pixel value correlations are set on the basis of the difference in spectral characteristics sensitivity between the first line sensor and a second line sensor, which is different from the first line sensor.
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COIN HANDLING DEVICE AND MONEY DEPOSITING AND WITHDRAWAL DEVICE
A coin unit (3) that is an example of this coin handling device comprises: a coin receiving unit (31) that has a coin receiving opening (31a) that is able to receive a plurality of coins in batches; a rotary plate (32) that is disposed in the coin receiving unit (31) and rotates so as to scoop up the coins inside the coin receiving unit (31); a sorting plate (33) that is an example of a sorting member provided with a coin hole (33a) of a size (diameter d1) through which coins of a maximum size to be scooped up by the rotary plate (32) can pass, and a large foreign matter hole (33b: diameter d2) that is located on the downstream side of the coin hole (33a) in the rotating direction of the rotary plate (32) and is larger than the maximum size coin; a receiving passage (34) that is connected to the coin hole (33a) of the sorting plate (33); and a discharge passage (35) that is connected to the large foreign matter hole (33b) of the sorting plate (33).
A paper sheet storage device according to one aspect of embodiments has: an accommodating member having a carry-in region into which paper sheets are carried; a storing member which is disposed adjacent to the accommodating member and in which paper sheets are stored; a conveying part which conveys paper sheets into the carry-in region while at least a pair of conveyance belts are in contact with the front/rear surfaces of the paper sheets; and a push-in mechanism which pushes the paper sheets conveyed to the carry-in region into the storing member. In addition, in the paper sheet storage device, the conveying part releases the contact between one side of the conveying belt and the paper sheets when the push-in mechanism pushes in the paper sheets.
A banknote-image-processing device (10), wherein a storage unit (12) stores an image of a normal banknote, and a processor (11) implements, on the image of a normal banknote, a simulated damage process in which damage applied to a normal banknote is simulated. For example, the processor (11) implements a hole-opening process, a cutting process, a tearing process, an angular folding process, a soiling process, or a washing process on the image of a normal banknote as the simulated damage process.
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A paper sheet handling device (1) comprises: a pull-out module (10) that can be pulled out; an intersecting transport part (20) that transports paper sheets to/from the pull-out module (10) in an intersecting direction that intersects the pull-out direction of the pull-out module (10); and a biasing guide (61) that is disposed at an end part of the intersecting transport part (20) on the pull-out module (10) side and biases the pull-out module (10) in the intersecting direction.
A communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: performance of authentication by a first unit, which is installed outside of a housing container of an automated teller machine, and a second unit, which is installed inside of the housing container, through data communication that is encrypted using a first encryption scheme; and, if authentication is successful, transmission by the first unit of an instruction to the second unit through data communication that is encrypted using a second encryption scheme.
In a pseudo blood vessel pattern generation device 10, a processor 11 generates a first image obtained by adding white noise to a gray image, generates a second image obtained by diffusing white noise in the first image, generates a third image obtained by performing blood vessel highlighting filtering on the second image, generates a fourth image obtained by setting a region of interest to the third image, and generates a fifth image including a pseudo blood vessel pattern, on the basis of the fourth image.
This label-affixing device comprises: a feed mechanism that has a supply roll having rolled thereon a sheet in which labels are provided on a base material with an adhesive material interposed therebetween, and a take-up roll for taking up the base material of the sheet supplied from the supply roll; a printing unit that performs printing on the labels; a release member that releases the labels from the base material of the sheet fed by the feed mechanism; an affixing mechanism that affixes, to the outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical body, each of the labels having the front end thereof in the feed direction of the sheet released from the base material; a detection unit for detecting the outer diameter of the take-up roll around which the base material is rolled; and a control unit that controls the feed mechanism. When the detection unit detects that the outer diameter of the take-up roll has become equal to or more than a predetermined outer diameter, the control unit controls the feed mechanism so as to start a preliminary release operation for releasing the front end of a label from the base material, and moving the sheet backward so that the label is returned to the base material, and, after the preliminary release operation, releases the front end of the label from the base material.
A guide mechanism (1) comprising a guide (2) for regulating the positions of stacked paper sheets (B), the guide mechanism (1) furthermore comprising: a motive power transmission mechanism (3) for moving the guide (2) to three or more positions (P0, P1, P2) by using motive power obtained from another mechanism (19) different from the guide mechanism (1); and a switching drive unit (4) for switching the motive power transmission mechanism (3) between a transmissive state, in which the motive power of the other mechanism (19) is transmitted to the guide (2), and a non-transmissive state, in which said motive power is not transmitted.
A paper sheet handling device (100) comprises: a plurality of raisable/lowerable partitioning members that have a first partitioning member (11) and a second partitioning member (12) which is disposed below the first partitioning member (11), and that form an accommodation space for a paper sheet (B); a guide (2) that is fixed to the first partitioning member and that extends downward; a first stopper (7a) that contacts the first partitioning member at the lower limit position of the first partitioning member; and a pressing part (3) that is fixed to the second partitioning member and that raises the first partitioning member integrally with the second partitioning member with frictional force caused by pressing the guide. After the second partitioning member is lowered integrally with the first partitioning member and the first partitioning member contacts the first stopper, the second partitioning member is lowered, against the frictional force and independently of the first partitioning member, to a position at which the pressing part is opposite from a recessed part (2a) that releases the frictional force. Once the pressing part rises from a position at which the pressing part is opposite from the recessed part to a position at which the guide part is no longer opposite from the recessed part, the second partitioning member rises integrally with the first partitioning member due to the frictional force.
This deterioration-determining system (100) comprises a field repair unit provided in a bank-note-handling device (50), a vibration detection sensor (51), a determination unit (62), and a notification unit (63). The field repair unit has rubber components, and the vibration detection sensor (51) measures vibration data by detecting the vibration of the field repair unit. The determination unit (62) determines the degree of deterioration of the rubber components of the field repair unit on the basis of the vibration amplitude peak obtained from the vibration data and the root mean square of the vibration amplitude, and the notification unit (63) gives notification of the determined degree of deterioration.
G07D 11/235 - Means for sensing or detection for monitoring or indicating operating conditionsMeans for sensing or detection for detecting malfunctions
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags; Electronic identification tags for goods; Electronic tags for goods; Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that can be attached to products of linen, clothing or footwear; Electronic tags for file folders used in document management; Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that can be attached to metal; Tags for radio-frequency identification (RFID); Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags embedded with IC chips; Identification readers by radiofrequency, namely, radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers; Gate devices for RFID, namely, RFID readers; Data processing devices, namely, RFID readers, antennas; Optical readers; Readers consisting of RFID readers, antennas and writers consisting of electronic coding units, encoders for electronic tag; Labels embedded with radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips, namely, radio frequency identification (RFID) labels; Labels embedded with IC chips, namely, radio frequency identification (RFID) labels embedded with IC chips; Printable electronic labels, namely, radio-frequency identification (RFID) labels, radio frequency identification (RFID) stickers, blank near field communication (NFC) labels, security labels, labels carrying magnetically, optically, or electronically recorded or encoded information; Electronic labels, namely, radio-frequency identification (RFID) labels, radio frequency identification (RFID) stickers, blank near field communication (NFC) labels, security labels, labels carrying magnetically, optically, or electronically recorded or encoded information; Label printers for computers, namely, document printers for computers; Readers consisting of RFID readers, antennas, chip card readers, electronic card readers, card readers for magnetically encoded cards and writers consisting of electronic coding units, encoders for IC card; Readers consisting of RFID readers, antennas, radio frequency identification tag readers and writers consisting of electronic coding units, encoders for IC tag; Personal digital assistants; Shoplifting prevention apparatus which detects electronic tag and warns, namely, antennas, alarm sensors, security alarms; Anti-theft warning apparatus, namely, anti-theft alarms, other than for vehicles, theft alarms
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags; electronic identification tags; electronic tags for goods; tags for radio-frequency identification (RFID) that can be attached to products of linen, clothing or footwear; electronic tags for document management; tags for radio-frequency identification (RFID) that can be attached to metal; tags for radio-frequency identification (RFID); tags embedded with IC chips; electronic tags; Identification readers by radio-frequency; gate devices for RFID; readers [data processing devices]; optical readers; readers and writers for electronic tag; labels embedded with radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips; labels embedded with IC chips; electronic labels, printable; electronic labels; label printers for computers; computer programs; readers and writers for IC card; readers and writers for IC tag; personal digital assistants; electrical communication machines and instruments; shoplifting prevention apparatus which detects electronic tag and warns; anti-theft warning apparatus.
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SERIAL NUMBER RECOGNITION PARAMETER DETERMINATION APPARATUS, SERIAL NUMBER RECOGNITION PARAMETER DETERMINATION PROGRAM, AND PAPER SHEET HANDLING SYSTEM
A serial number recognition parameter determination apparatus includes: a generation unit, an identification unit, and an evaluation index calculation unit. The generation unit generates a parameter set of a program, the program being used when a paper sheet handing apparatus identifies, from an image of a paper sheet, character present regions in which characters that form a serial number are present. The identification unit identifies, from an image of the paper sheet, the character present regions by using the parameter set that is generated by the generation unit. The evaluation index calculation unit calculates an evaluation index of the parameter set based on the character present regions that are identified by the identification unit.
A data generation apparatus includes: a separation unit that separates a serial number region and a background region from an original image of a paper currency that includes a serial number; a character image acquisition unit that identifies each of characters included in the separated serial number region, and acquires a character image of each of the identified characters; a background image acquisition unit that acquires a background image by complementing the serial number region in the separated background region; a pre-processing unit that generates a serial number image by combining the character images; an incorporation unit that incorporates the serial number image at a position corresponding to the serial number image in the background image; and an output unit that outputs image data in which the serial number that is combined by the pre-processing unit is associated with an incorporated image generated by the incorporation unit.
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G06T 3/40 - Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
A paper sheet storage device includes: a storage that stores a paper sheet inclined with respect to a horizontal direction in a storage space narrower than the paper sheet in width; and a guide portion that guides the paper sheet so as to cause the paper sheet to freely fall in the storage space such that all sides of the paper sheet are inclined at an angle different from the horizontal direction.
This banknote processing device allows deposit targets that include banknotes containing metallic components to be fed through an input port. The banknote processing device includes a first estimation unit, an acquisition unit, a second estimation unit, and a determination unit. The first estimation unit estimates the number of banknotes constituting the fed deposit targets. The acquisition unit acquires a measured amount of metal of the fed deposit targets. The second estimation unit estimates an amount of metal for the fed deposit targets as a determination threshold value on the basis of the number of banknotes estimated by the first estimation unit and a predetermined reference amount of metal equivalent to a single banknote. The determination unit compares the measured amount of metal with the determination threshold value and determines whether or not the fed deposit targets only include banknotes on the basis of the comparison result. As a result, it is possible to prevent erroneous detection of deposit targets at the time of deposit.
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
G07D 7/02 - Testing electrical properties of the materials thereof
In a centering mechanism and a paper sheet handling apparatus including the centering mechanism, a centering unit conveys a paper sheet in a pinched state, and centers a position of the paper sheet in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the paper sheet by inclining with respect to the conveyance direction. In addition, the paper sheet is delivered to a downstream side conveyance unit from the centering unit in a state in which the centering unit pinches the paper sheet, and the downstream side conveyance unit conveys the paper sheet while pinching the paper sheet at pinch pressure stronger than pinch pressure at which the centering unit pinches the paper sheet.
A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a first facing section and a second facing section which are arranged so as to face each other in a facing direction with an insertion space interposed therebetween; and a conveyance section that conveys a paper sheet. The first facing section includes a first shutter that openably closes a first opening portion, and is disposed so as to be movable, in the facing direction, to an insertion position at a time when the paper sheet is inserted and a conveyance position at a time when the paper sheet is conveyed. The first facing section and the conveyance section include first shutter opening/closing units which open the first opening portion by meshing with each other to open the first shutter when the first facing section moves from the insertion position to the conveyance position.
A paper sheet handling apparatus includes a support member that is disposed so as to face a taking-out port in a taking-out space in which a paper sheet is taken out from the taking-out port, and supports a lower end of the paper sheet. The support member moves toward the taking-out port at a time when the paper sheet is taken out.
In a bill processing device (1), vibration detection sensors (51A to 51H) detect respective vibrations of field repair units (3, 4, 6, 7a to 7d, 8), and a determination unit (52) determines whether or not the field repair units (3, 4, 6, 7a to 7d, 8) have failed on the basis of the vibrations detected by the vibration detection sensors (51A to 51H). For example, the determination unit (52) analyzes the frequencies of the vibrations detected by the vibration detection sensors (51A to 51H), and determines that a failure has occurred in the field repair units (3, 4, 6, 7a to 7d, 8) when the frequency of a frequency component having the maximum amplitude level in the result of frequency analysis is smaller than a reference value.
G07D 11/235 - Means for sensing or detection for monitoring or indicating operating conditionsMeans for sensing or detection for detecting malfunctions
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Paper sheet storage apparatus, product registration method, and recording medium
A paper sheet storage apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to deposit and withdraw a paper sheet under control of a POS terminal that performs an accounting process at a cash register, identify a product placed on a lower tier of a cart in a passage of the cash register, and transmit information about the product identified to the POS terminal.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
A deposit and withdrawal apparatus that includes a deposit port through which a coin is deposited, a withdrawal port through which the coin is withdrawn, and a first unit that is capable of storing the coin includes a second unit, a judgement unit, and a distribution unit. The second unit is different from the first unit and is capable of storing the coin. The judgement unit judges the coin deposited from the deposit port. The distribution unit distributes the deposited coin to the first unit or the second unit on the basis of a judgement result obtained by the judgement unit. The distribution unit is able to distribute the coin deposited into the first unit or the second unit.
A roll support device includes: a shaft portion that supports a center hole of a rolled medium in which a medium is wound; a first guide member with which one end surface of the rolled medium in an axial direction of the shaft portion is in contact; a second guide member that is provided on the shaft portion and regulates, in the axial direction, an inner peripheral side of another end surface of the rolled medium in the axial direction; and a third guide member that regulates, in the axial direction, an outer peripheral side of the other end surface of the rolled medium supported by the shaft portion.
B65H 75/12 - Kinds or types of circular or polygonal cross-section with a single end flangeKinds or types of circular or polygonal cross-section formed with one end of greater diameter than the barrel
This RFID tag (1) comprises: a sheet-like substrate (10); an IC chip (20) arranged on a first surface (10a) of this substrate (10); a conductive adhesive (30) for securing this IC chip (20) to the substrate (10) and located around the IC chip (20) along the first surface (10a); an antenna pattern (40) formed on a second surface (10b) of the substrate (10) that is reverse from the first surface (10a); and a through-hole (50) for electrically connecting the antenna pattern (40) and the IC chip (20) and penetrating the substrate (10) toward the conductive adhesive (30) around the IC chip (20).
A paper sheet handling device (100) comprises a movable unit (20) that makes the size of a take-out space (S) variable by moving in the direction (D) towards or away from the paper sheets (B) to be discharged into the take-out space (S). The movable unit (20) has a movable unit body (21), and a pressing unit (21) that is movable to a storage position (P1) where the pressing unit is stored along the movable unit body (21) and a pressing position (P2) where the pressing unit (21) presses the paper sheets (B).
The present invention increases the range of distance to an imageable living body. This imaging device (100) comprises a light irradiation unit (30), a plurality of lenses (21, 22), an imaging element (10), a distance measuring unit (50), and an image selection unit (60). The light irradiation unit (30) irradiates a living body with light. The plurality of lenses (21, 22) form an image of the living body irradiated with light and are constituted at mutually different focal lengths. The imaging element (10) generates bio-images which are a plurality of images of a living body by imaging the living body through the plurality of lenses (21, 22). The distance measuring unit (50) measures distances to the living body. The image selection unit (60) selects one among the plurality of bio-images on the basis of the measured distances to the living body.
This paper sheet handling device (100) is provided with a partition (30) that forms an insertion space (S1) between the partition and a first opposed part (10), where a paper sheet (B) is inserted from an insertion slot (61), and forms a removal space (S2) between the partition and a second opposed part (20), where the paper sheet is removed from the insertion slot, and a transfer unit (40) that protrudes from a first opening (11a) of the first opposed part and a second opening (33a) of the partition toward the removal space side and transfers the paper sheet remaining in the removal space. The partition has a second shutter (34) that covers the second opening such that the second opening can be opened and closed, and second shutter opening/closing units (35, 36, 37) that open the second opening by opening the second shutter in cooperation with a movement of the partition to a remaining paper transfer position (P24).
The present invention involves: creating a first image sensor unit having a first image pickup device that produces an output adjusted by using a first medium having a uniform reflectance density and transmission density over the entire surface thereof; setting a target value on the basis of a first output value, which is a value output by the first image pickup device when the first image sensor unit images a second medium, the second medium being any medium different from the first medium; acquiring a second output value, which is a value output by a second image pickup device when a second image sensor unit having the second image pickup device images the second medium; and calculating an adjustment value, which is used for adjusting the output of the second image pickup device when the second image sensor unit images paper products, on the basis of the second output value and the target value.
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G07D 7/12 - Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
A conveyance guide mechanism (1) is provided with: a guide roller (10) that conveys a medium (M); an arm (20) that supports the guide roller (10) to be rotatable about a first rotating shaft (A1); an arm support part (30) that supports the arm (20) to be rotatable about a second rotating shaft (A2); and an urging part (40) that urges the arm (20) so as to return to a position thereof before rotation to absorb impact applied to the guide roller (10) even where the arm (20) rotates in a first rotating direction (D1) or a second rotating direction (D2) about the second rotating shaft (A2).
A money depositing and dispensing machine 1 includes: a storage compartment 100 provided with a first front opening 101; a stowage compartment 200 disposed on a lower side of the storage compartment 100; a storage portion 12 stored in the storage compartment 100 and storing paper sheets; and a conveying unit 13 stored in the storage compartment 100 and for conveying the paper sheets stored in the storage portion 12 to the stowage compartment 200. The conveying unit 13 is configured to be slidable in a direction of the first front opening 101 provided in the storage compartment 100. The stowage compartment 200 stows the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit 13.
This paper sheet conveyance device includes: an intermediate conveyance unit that is provided between a first unit and a second unit and that passes through paper sheets; a first inlet and a first outlet that are provided in the first unit; a first conveyance means that is provided in the first unit and that accepts paper sheets from the first inlet and feeds paper sheets from the first outlet; a second inlet and a second outlet that are provided in the intermediate conveyance unit; and a second conveyance means that is provided in the intermediate conveyance unit and that accepts paper sheets from the second inlet and feeds paper sheets from the second outlet; wherein the first inlet and the second outlet are disposed to be facing each other, the first inlet is formed to have a larger opening than the second outlet, the second inlet and the first outlet are disposed to be facing each other, and the second inlet is formed to have a larger opening than the first outlet.
A system and method for multi-reading RFID codes is disclosed. The system may comprise a portal, a RFID reader, an entrance sensor, an exit sensor and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the RFID code data and the read timestamp for each article, receive the start trigger timestamp and the stop trigger timestamp, determine a read area time range based on the start trigger timestamp and the stop trigger timestamp, determine an active read area timeframe based on the read area time range as adjusted by a pre-read offset and a post-read offset, associate RFID code data with the first group if the read timestamp associated with the RFID code data occurred during the active read area timeframe, and process the RFID code data of the first group and transmit a result of the processing of the first group to an output interface.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
A system and method for multi-reading RFID codes is disclosed. The system may comprise a portal, a RFID reader, an entrance sensor, an exit sensor and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the RFID code data and the read timestamp for each article, receive the start trigger timestamp and the stop trigger timestamp, determine a read area time range based on the start trigger timestamp and the stop trigger timestamp, determine an active read area timeframe based on the read area time range as adjusted by a pre-read offset and a post-read offset, associate RFID code data with the first group if the read timestamp associated with the RFID code data occurred during the active read area timeframe, and process the RFID code data of the first group and transmit a result of the processing of the first group to an output interface.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G06F 16/174 - Redundancy elimination performed by the file system
G06K 19/07 - Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards with integrated circuit chips
A printing system includes a printing device including a thermal head that prints print content on a print medium; and an information processing apparatus that controls the printing device. The information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to detect, from print image data from a server, a position of a control target portion including a specific portion in a print image corresponding to the print image data. The processor is configured to generate printing control information for printing the control target portion. The processor is configured to transmit the print image data, the position of the control target portion, and the printing control information to the printing device. The printing device executes different printing controls for the control target portion and a portion other than the control target portion based on the print image data, the position of the control target portion, and the printing control information.
In devices for preparing blood sample tubes, RFID-tagged labels may be erroneously inserted into a take-up shaft when a label has not been removed from a paper roll or the number of removed labels is insufficient, etc. Problems have been presented in that, when a RFID-tagged label is erroneously inserted, the erroneously inserted RFID tag may end up being present in the communication region of an RFID reader\writer, whereby it is not possble to communicate with the RFID tag that should have been written to originally, and reading/writing of data is not carried out normally. The present invention therefore provides an erroneous insertion detection program characterized in causing an erroneous insertion detection device to read an RFID tag until the completion of a certain amount of rotation of a take-up shaft that takes up a paper roll to which RFID tags are affixed, and, on the basis of a result of the reading of the RFID tag, determines whether erroneous insertion of the RFID tag has occurred. This makes it possible to detect erroneous insertion of an RFID tag.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G06K 17/00 - Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups , e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
G01N 35/02 - Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups Handling materials therefor using a plurality of sample containers moved by a conveyor system past one or more treatment or analysis stations
A printing apparatus includes: a first conveyor that unspools a rolled-up medium for transport; a print head that prints on the medium; a cutter that cuts off, from the medium, a printed portion on which printing has been performed by the print head; a second conveyor that transports, in a sandwiching manner, the printed portion cut off by the cutter; a drive that drives at least the first conveyor; and a processor that controls the drive, wherein after the printed portion is cut off by the cutter and before printing is started by the print head, the processor controls the drive such that the first conveyor transports the medium in an ejection direction to a position where the medium is sandwiched by the second conveyor.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
A printing apparatus includes a platen roller that transports a medium, a print head that is disposed to face the platen roller and prints on the medium, a cutter that cuts off, from the medium, a printed portion on which printing has been performed by the print head, a drive that drives the platen roller, and a processor that controls the drive. After the printed portion is cut off by the cutter, the processor controls the drive such that the platen roller transports the medium in an ejection direction and holds the medium still. After an instruction to start next printing by the print head is received, the processor controls the drive such that the platen roller transports the medium in a reverse direction opposite to the ejection direction.
A data generation device according to an embodiment of the present invention has a separation unit, a character image acquisition unit, a background image acquisition unit, a pre-processing unit, a compilation unit, and an output unit. The separation unit separates an original image of a banknote that includes a serial number into a serial number region and a background region. The character image acquisition unit identifies each character included in the separated serial number region and acquires character images for each identified character. The background image acquisition unit acquires a background image by supplementing the serial number region in the separated background region. The pre-processing unit generates a serial number image by combining the acquired character images. The compilation unit compiles the generated serial number image in a position that corresponds to the serial number region of the acquired background image. The output unit outputs image data in which the serial number combined by the pre-processing unit is associated with the image compiled by the compilation unit.
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80.
SERIAL-NUMBER RECOGNITION PARAMETER DETERMINATION DEVICE, SERIAL-NUMBER RECOGNITION PARAMETER DETERMINATION PROGRAM, AND PAPER-SHEET HANDLING SYSTEM
G07D 7/0047 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip using checkcodes, e.g. coded numbers derived from serial number and denomination
81.
PAPER SHEET STORAGE DEVICE AND PAPER SHEET HANDLING DEVICE
A paper sheet storage device (1) comprises: a storage chamber (10) in which paper sheets (B) inclined relative to the horizontal direction are stored in a storage space (S) that has a smaller width than the paper sheets (B); and guide units (21 to 24) which guide the paper sheets (B) such that the paper sheets (B) freely fall in the storage space (S) while all sides of the paper sheets (B) are at angles different from the horizontal direction.
A paper sheet storage apparatus (1) includes: a placement mount (10) on which bills (B), i.e., an example of paper sheets, are placed; a leading-edge position restriction guide (20) that restricts the position of the leading edge portion of a bill (B) in an entering direction (D) in which the bill (B) advances when being transported onto the placement mount (10); and a sensor (30) that detects the presence/absence of an accumulation space (S) for bills (B) that is located above the placement mount (10). The sensor (30) detects the presence/absence of an accumulation space (S) by using detection light (L) emitted to a space between a first position (P1) that is located on an opposite side of the leading-edge position restriction guide (20) from the bills (B) on the placement mount (10) and a second position (P2) below the first position (P1) that is located on an opposite side of the bills (B) on the placement mount (10) from the leading-edge position restriction guide (20).
A management apparatus capable of reducing troubles with cash operations to be performed by store clerks and decreasing the costs for store operations is provided. A self-payment system includes a scanning station, a payment station, and a management server. The payment station includes a money-insertion acceptance unit for accepting insertion of cash upon payment for a product to be purchased that has been registered on the basis of the scanning station, and a money-ejection acceptance unit for accepting ejection of cash on the basis of a manipulation performed by a customer on the payment station. The management server includes a cash amount determination unit for determining the amount of cash within the payment station, and a cash processing restriction unit for restricting money-insertion acceptance by the money-insertion acceptance unit of the payment station or money-ejection acceptance by the money-ejection acceptance unit of the payment station in accordance with the amount of cash determined by the cash amount determination unit.
A printer includes a medium feeding device that is one of different types of medium feeding devices including a first medium feeding device that feeds an elongate medium from a first print medium including the medium, and a second medium feeding device that feeds the medium from a second print medium including the medium and a plurality of wireless communication elements provided at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the medium, and a printing device including a printing portion that performs printing on the medium fed from one of the medium feeding devices. The printing device includes a connector portion that is selectively connectable to the common connection portion of each of the different types of medium feeding devices. The second medium feeding device includes a wireless communication portion that communicates with the wireless communication elements, and a terminal portion that connects the wireless communication portion to the printing device.
B41J 3/50 - Mechanisms producing characters by printing and also producing a record by other means
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
G06K 17/00 - Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups , e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
H04N 1/32 - Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver
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CONVEYANCE PATH SWITCHING MECHANISM, AND PAPER SHEET HANDLING DEVICE
This conveyance path switching mechanism (1) and this paper sheet handling device (100) including said conveyance path switching mechanism (1) comprise a driving source (10), a gate part (20), a first gear (30), and an internal gear (40). The driving source (10) has a drive shaft (11). The gate part (20) has a gate shaft (21) and blades (22) provided to the gate shaft (21), and switches the conveyance path of a paper sheet (B). The first gear (30) is provided to the gate shaft (21). The internal gear (40) meshes with the first gear (30). The gate shaft (21) rotates on its axis in conjunction with rotation of the drive shaft (11) and revolves around the drive shaft (11) while the first gear (30) and the internal gear (40) mesh with each other.
In a centering mechanism (1) and a paper-sheet handling device (100) provided with the centering mechanism (1), a centering part (10) conveys a paper sheet (B) while holding the same, and inclines with respect to the conveyance direction (D) of the paper sheet (B) to thereby perform centering of the position of the paper sheet (B) in the width direction (W) orthogonal to the conveyance direction (D). Further, a downstream-side conveyance part (30) receives the paper sheet (B) from the centering part (10) in a state where the paper sheet (B) is held by the centering part (10), and conveys the paper sheet (B) while holding the paper sheet (B) with a pinching pressure (P3>pinching pressure P1 of the centering part) stronger than that of the centering part (10).
A roll supporting device includes: a pair of supporting rollers which support an outer circumferential surface of a rolled medium, and which are provided so as to rotate together with the rolled medium; a side wall which has a reference surface coming into contact with one end surface of the rolled medium in an axial direction along a central axis of the rolled medium; and a pair of restricting members which press another end surface of the rolled medium toward the reference surface. The pair of supporting rollers are disposed on both sides of the central axis of the rolled medium when viewed in the axial direction of the rolled medium. The pair of restricting members are disposed outside a space between the pair of supporting rollers in a circumferential direction of the rolled medium, and are respectively adjacent to the supporting rollers, and are provided so as to be movable independently from each other.
A paper sheet handling device comprising: a displacement amount detection unit that has a pressing unit for pressing paper sheets onto a transport surface of a paper sheet transportation path and detects the amount of displacement of the pressing unit from an initial position, in a direction vertical to the transport surface, said pressing unit displacing in accordance with the thickness of paper sheets that pass between the transport surface and the pressing unit and having as the initial position therefore a position that is not in contact with the transport surface; a reference displacement amount storage unit; a paper sheet thickness storage unit; and a tape thickness threshold value storage unit. The paper sheet handling device determines whether a paper sheet that passes between the transport surface and the pressing unit is one sheet of paper, a sheet of paper having tape attached thereto; two sheets of stacked paper, or another type of paper sheet, on the basis of the displacement amount detected by the displacement amount detection unit, a reference displacement amount stored in the reference displacement amount storage unit, the thickness of one sheet of paper stored in the paper sheet thickness storage unit, and a tape thickness threshold value stored in the tape thickness threshold value storage unit. If a determination is made that the paper sheet is one sheet of paper, the paper sheet handling device updates the reference displacement amount in the reference displacement amount storage unit. If a determination is made that the paper sheet is two sheets of stacked paper, the paper sheet handling device: calculates the thickness of one sheet of paper and updates the thickness for one sheet of paper in the paper sheet thickness storage unit; and calculates a tape thickness threshold value and updates the tape thickness threshold value in the tape thickness threshold value storage unit.
A paper-sheet handling device (100) is provided with: a first opposing part (10) and a second opposing part (20) that are disposed opposing each other, set apart by a loading/unloading space (S); and a partitioning part (30) that is disposed between the first opposing part and the second opposing part so as to be shiftable along an axis of opposition (D1) along which the first opposing part and the second opposing part are opposed, and that forms, in the loading/unloading space, a loading space (S1) between the partitioning part and the first opposing part and an unloading space (S2) between the partitioning part and the second opposing part. The partitioning part has, provided on the tip thereof on the loading/unloading port (61) end, a moving member (31) that can shift toward the first opposing part as well as toward the second opposing part.
This paper sheet handling device (100) is provided with a support member (91) that is disposed to face an extraction opening (61) in an extraction space (S2) in which a paper sheet (B) is extracted from the extraction opening, and that supports the lower end of the paper sheet. The support member moves to the extraction opening side when the paper sheet is extracted.
A paper sheet handling device (100) includes a first facing unit (10) and a second facing unit (20) disposed facing each other in a facing direction (D1) across a loading space (S1) into which a paper sheet (B) is loaded, and a transport unit (40) that transports the paper sheet in a state in which the transport unit (40) is projecting from a first opening (11a) of the first facing unit toward the loading space. The first facing unit has a first shutter (12) that releasably closes the first opening, and is disposed to be movable, in the facing direction, to a loading position (P11) during loading of the paper sheet and to a transport position (P12) during transport of the paper sheet. The first facing unit and the transport unit each have first shutter opening/closing parts (13, 14, 15, 42) that, when the first facing unit moves from the loading position to the transport position, engage with each other and open the first shutter to release the first opening.
A paper sheet storage device includes a storage space in which paper sheet is stored; a mounting table that is provided in the storage space and on which the paper sheet is accumulated and placed; a support base that supports the mounting table; a first lifting lowering mechanism that lifts and lowers the mounting table between a high position and a low position relative to the support base; and a second lifting lowering mechanism that lifts and lowers the support base in the storage space. The support base and the first lifting lowering mechanism are disposed within a projection area in which the mounting table is projected on a plane orthogonal to a lifting lowering direction in which the support base is lifted and lowered by the second lifting lowering mechanism.
B65H 1/14 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for advancing the pile to present the articles to a separating device comprising positively-acting mechanical devices
G07D 11/13 - Containers for valuable papers with internal means for handling valuable papers
B65H 31/10 - Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled one above another and applied at the top of the pile
This paper sheet storing device comprises: a case member that has a storage space in which paper sheets (6) are stored; a placement platform (22) on which the paper sheets (6) are stacked; a support mechanism that supports the placement platform (22) so as to allow movement in the stacking direction in which the paper sheets (6) are stacked; a spring member that urges the placement platform (22) so as to move the placement platform (22) toward the side where the paper sheets (6) enter; a lock mechanism (26) that restricts the movement of the placement platform (22); and an operation mechanism (27) that operates the lock mechanism (26). The case member is removably attached to an attachment part. When the case member is attached to the attachment part, the operation mechanism (27) comes into contact with the inner surface of the attachment part, thereby operating the lock mechanism (26) so as to release the restriction of movement of the placement platform (22), and when the case member is separated from the attachment part, the operation mechanism (27) moves away from the inner surface of the attachment part, thereby operating the lock mechanism (26) so as to restrict the movement of the placement platform (22).
A control unit (4) transmits an initial value of a position ID to a cassette control unit (7) at the beginning of a daisy chain formed using a serial line (8). Then if the cassette control unit (7) receives a position ID from the control unit (4) or a cassette control unit (7) in the preceding stage in the daisy chain, the receiving cassette control unit (7) recognizes the position ID as one assigned to the cassette thereof. If a cassette control unit (7) is succeeded by another cassette control unit (7) in the daisy chain, the preceding cassette control unit (7) calculates a position ID for the succeeding cassette control unit (7), and transmits the calculated position ID to the succeeding cassette control unit (7).
A paper sheet storage device (14) is provided with: a storage space (20) in which paper sheets (6) are stored; a placement table (21) which is disposed in the storage space (20) and on which the paper sheets (6) are accumulated and placed; a support base (22) for supporting the placement table (21); a first lifting and lowering mechanism (23) for lifting and lowering the placement table (21), with respect to the support base (22), to a lifting position (P1) and a lowering position (P2); and a second lifting and lowering mechanism (24) for lifting and lowering the support base (22) in the storage space (20). The first lifting and lowering mechanism (23) has: a rack part (32) provided to the placement table (21); and a pinion part for moving the rack part (32).
B65H 1/14 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for advancing the pile to present the articles to a separating device comprising positively-acting mechanical devices
This bill handling device comprises: a discrimination unit which discriminates each input paper sheet; a first storage mechanism which temporarily stores each discriminated paper sheet; and a plurality of second storage mechanisms, each of which is provided for a different type of paper sheet and stores corresponding paper sheets. The bill handling device determines, on the basis of the discrimination results, a transfer order for transferring each paper sheet from the first storage mechanism to one of the second storage mechanisms. On the basis of the transfer order, the bill handling device stores each paper sheet in the corresponding second storage mechanism by controlling the start and stop of each drive device that drives a respective one of the plurality of second storage mechanisms.
This banknote handling device identifies a first paper sheet that was input. The banknote handling device detects that the first paper sheet has been conveyed toward a specified one of a plurality of storage mechanisms each provided for storing a paper sheet of a particular kind, the storage mechanism being specified on the basis of the identification results. Upon detection of conveyance of the first paper sheet, the banknote handling device controls, in accordance with the positional relationship between the first paper sheet and a preceding paper sheet that was conveyed before the first paper sheet, the driving of a gate part that is for switching the conveyance route to a specified storage mechanism.
A barcode scanner (40) of a CBM (20) reads the barcode on a product placed on the lower level of a cart, and a communication unit (24) of the CBM (20) transmits the barcode read by the barcode scanner (40) to a POS terminal (10). A main control application (11) operating in the CPU of the POS terminal (10) receives the barcode during checkout, registers the product corresponding to the barcode, and adds the price of the product to the purchase amount.
A roll support device (1) is provided with: a shaft part (10) that supports a center hole (5c) of a roll-shaped medium (5) on which a medium (5a) is wound; a first guide member (11) with which one end surface of the roll-shaped medium (5) in a shaft direction (X) of the shaft part (10) comes in contact; a second guide member (12) that is provided on the shaft part (10) and restricts an inner peripheral side of the other end surface (5R) of the roll-shaped medium (5) in the shaft direction (X) with respect to the shaft direction (X); and a third guide member (13) that restricts an outer peripheral side of the other end surface (5R) of the roll-shaped medium (5) supported by the shaft part (10) with respect to the shaft direction (X).
This cash handling device has a cash insertion port for inserting coins, a cash dispensing port for dispensing coins, and a first unit in which coins can be stored and additionally includes a second unit, a determination unit, and a distribution unit. The second unit makes it possible to store coins differing from those stored in the first unit. The determination unit determines the coins inserted from the cash insertion port. The distribution unit uses the determination result of the determination unit as a basis to distribute inserted coins to the first unit or to the second unit. The distribution unit is capable of distributing coins inserted into the first unit or the second unit.
